Lonicera lanzhouensis (Caprifoliaceae), a new species from Gansu, Northwest China

By

Liu, Shun
Wang, Yu-Jin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-5-19

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

256

Pages

83--90

Subjects

Lonicera lanzhouensis , molecular phylogeny , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.256.142365

 

Abstract

Lonicera lanzhouensis (Caprifoliaceae), a new species from Lanzhou City, Gansu province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to L. webbiana in that it has a bilabiate corolla and a long peduncle. It differs by narrowly lanceolate leaves (vs. ovate to ovate-lanceolate), yellow-green corolla at the beginning and reddish-purple when mature (vs. purple-red) and long involucral bracts (vs. short). The new species is supported by the genetic differentiation and phylogenetic analysis based on ITS and the combined sequences of chloroplast psbA-trnH and matK fragments.